Huawei denies plans to produce a dual-OS phone

Nearly a week ago, we told you that Chinese manufacturer Huawei was planning on launching a dual-OS handset in the U.S. The device, loaded with both the Android and Windows Phone platforms, was seemingly confirmed by Huawei's CMO of devices, Shao Yang. The rumor called for the device to launch during the second quarter.

Now, it would appear that the earlier rumor might have been the result of bad timing. Huawei said on Wednesday that it has no plans at all to release a dual-OS phone. In a statement, Huawei even admitted that Android is its focus for the time being. This is a bit of a mystery considering how CMO Yang explained that many people might not buy a Windows Phone model, but would consider a phone that was powered by both Windows Phone and Android.

"Microsoft is still a key global partner of Huawei Consumer Business Group .As long as the consumers continue to demand Windows, we will continue to supply them."-Huawei
The comments made by Yang took place late last month at MWC in Barcelona and Huawei says it has changed its plans since then. The manufacturer still plans on offering new Windows Phone models later this year. Coincidentally, Asus recently scratched plans to sell a device powered by both Android and Windows Phone 8.1 after objections to the product were made by both Google and Microsoft.

source: FierceWireless via AndroidCentral, WPCentral
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